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TITLE : Fidel Castro's Coming Visit to Moscow and Algiers
DATE : 4/23/1963
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COMMENTS : National Security Files, Box 38: Cuba 4/21/63-4/30/63. Box 1.

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23 ‘April 1963 Ae).
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Fidel Castro's Coming Visit to Moscow and Algiers

1. The ‘initial report on Fidel Castro's forth-

coming visit to Moscow came from a usually reliable -

source with excellent contacts in Cuban government. circles .
; . who obtained the information from a Cuban government of-
1 a, ficial who has been an intimate acquaintance for many ,
7 eo. years, and who has excellent high-level contacts through-
- ' out the Cuban leadership. The usually reliable source’. .
ho "obtained the information on 25 March, The report was
ct disséminated to the’ intelligence community on 27 March

and réported in the Current Intelligence Bulletin dated

29 March, . a =

2.. The substance of the report was that, despite
his strong criticism of the Soviet Union,. particularly ©
concerning its actions during the missile crisis, Fidel.
ae oe .Castro.is not blinded to the need ‘for Cuba to maintain.
nee mo , good” diplomatic relations. with the entire "Ngocialist
: camp... Castro was planning, - according to ‘the. report,
. ‘to. go. to- Moscow for the’ May. Day ‘celebrations, : He’ was
» planning, , however, ‘to remain in Moscow only. three days.
. It was’ his* intention, according to the’ report, to tell.
.. Khrushchev, © in‘effect, that «the USSR must assist Cuba .
. but ‘must at the same time understand. that Castro. doés’ not
intend to. be ‘a “docile satellite. We

3. Information from the same source and sub-sourée
was dissemiiiated to the intelligence community. on 30 a
. re March indicating that Castro was intending ‘to visit, Algeria
oo - . + on the same trip that took him to Moscow. This was.‘re-"
: ported in; the Current Intelligence: ‘Bulletin on 1 April.

a 4. The substarice of the “second ‘report was that’
_Castro: "plans. ‘to visit Algeria in connection with" the.
visit: to Moscow and that “Algeria ‘and the - ‘USSR ‘are: “the - only -
‘two. countries he was ‘planning to visit: ‘on ‘that trip. The -
Algérian visit. was Planned | in. view ‘of. the. “special” rela-
tionship". that is. said to exist’ between Castro and Ben
Bella and also between Castro and. “Algerian Defense Minister
Bounledienne. ; - ;

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